00:59:53 #startmeeting FAmNA 00:59:53 Meeting started Fri Apr 24 00:59:53 2015 UTC. The chair is award3535. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 00:59:53 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 01:00:07 #meetingname FAmNA 01:00:07 The meeting name has been set to 'famna' 01:00:10 hi 01:00:25 #chair wrnash 01:00:25 Current chairs: award3535 wrnash 01:00:35 evening wrnash 01:00:45 #topic === FAmNA Roll Call === 01:01:11 I dont think we will have much tonight since LFNW is going on this weekend if I am not mistaken 01:03:50 i do not have anything 01:04:21 seems like Hackru was a success last weekend 01:04:47 i have not head anything yet about it. 01:04:54 did someone send in the report 01:05:26 I got an email from cydrobolt, He is getting his report done this week 01:05:32 ok 01:06:23 hello 01:06:29 award3535, I've posted a report on fmag 01:06:30 hi 01:06:35 #chair cydrobolt 01:06:35 Current chairs: award3535 cydrobolt wrnash 01:06:43 http://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hackru-spring-2015/ 01:06:53 wrnash there is the answer we were looking for 01:07:06 great 01:07:08 Cydrobolt, seems like the event was a success 01:07:12 i'm reading it now 01:07:15 yeah, lots of people came 01:07:31 I had a list of popular questions on a doc that I sent to award3535 01:07:55 I'd say a majority were familiar with Linux (especially Ubuntu for beginners) but were not avid users of any distro 01:08:07 we gave away all the DVDs, presumably a lot of them 01:08:17 I also noticed a lot of people putting the stickers on their laptops 01:08:27 there is a photo album linked on the fmag report 01:08:40 that is the kind of events we needed to spread out to 01:09:02 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.917168188333860.1073741968.591858720864810&type=1 01:09:09 almost all students 01:09:24 there were some people who graduated and were avid users of a single distro 01:09:26 cydrobolt you could have posted those questions to the fmag as well 01:09:33 hmm, I could have 01:10:00 lots of really interesting people there 01:10:14 I met about 3 or 4 long-term fedora users 01:10:26 that is what we as a group needed to branch out to 01:10:43 yeah, I feel like the group was very undecided when it came to linux 01:11:09 having physical contact with someone in the topic would hopefully give them a push towards our direction 01:11:14 cydrobolt, since you already completed your report, ensure you put your travel in for reembursment 01:11:25 yeah, is there a form? 01:12:11 no it is a request for reembursment for room, travel and any material items you had to purchase for the booth 01:12:23 * Cydrobolt reads the page again 01:13:02 heres the link for guidelines https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAMNA_Reimbursement_Guidelines 01:13:47 ok 01:13:55 can we vote on it this meeting, later on? 01:14:16 vote??? 01:14:19 ? 01:14:28 oh, I thought there was a vote needed to approve it 01:15:11 your budget was already approved, you just need to submit receipts and the preferred method of re-embursment is through paypal 01:15:17 ok 01:15:20 my expenses for the event total $39.25, which is only for travel by train from my location to New Brunswick NJ 01:15:52 https://fedorahosted.org/famnarequests/newticket and select reimbursement add copies of your receipts 01:16:05 paypal works, something like venmo or check would be nicer though (not sure if they're still offered anymore) 01:16:13 * ParadoxGuitarist wanders in 01:16:14 award3535, got it 01:16:24 #chair ParadoxGuitarist 01:16:24 Current chairs: ParadoxGuitarist award3535 cydrobolt wrnash 01:16:46 #topic === Announcements === 01:17:31 LFNW tomorrow 01:17:33 Paradoxguitarist the hackru event posted by Cydrobolt: http://fedoramagazine.org/fedora-hackru-spring-2015/ 01:17:49 good luck to you all at LFNW 01:17:59 Cydrobolt: thanks for getting that box shipped out! 01:18:50 #topic === Tickets === 01:18:58 there are none 01:19:37 I will get the SELF page up this weekend 01:20:04 so moving to open floor 01:20:06 #topic == Open Floor === 01:20:37 ParadoxGuitarist, no problem, were you able to get it? 01:20:53 good luck to you guys at LFNW, send us some pictures! :) 01:21:00 It went to jsandy's house 01:21:22 Def. I'm bringing my DSLR so I'll get some good pictures 01:22:07 Nice 01:22:19 HackRU had photographers already, but I took some close-ups of the booth separately 01:23:09 It sounds like things went pretty well 01:23:10 I would like to thank Cydrobolt for a job well done at his first event 01:23:16 thanks award3535! 01:23:20 I found an interesting picture: http://polr.me/1md?i5jZ 01:23:26 * ParadoxGuitarist applauds. 01:23:27 someone put the fedora logo upside down 01:23:54 heh 01:24:18 I can't tell you how many times I've been complimented on my cool "facebook" shirt. 01:24:28 ParadoxGuitarist, omg! I know 01:24:44 there were ~10 people thought my shirt was facebook 01:25:06 I just take a deep breath and launch into a conversation about linux 01:25:14 heheh 01:26:29 thats all you can do 01:26:33 hi 01:26:35 there should be a ticket but apparently it wasn't filed 01:26:37 * nb requests approval for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELF_2015 01:26:55 * nb thought Ben was going to file ticket 01:27:25 nb, I will create the page, but I have not seen a ticket yet 01:27:49 * nb will make a ticket 01:28:07 * nb would like to go ahead and discuss and vote if possible, so i can book my plane ticket soon 01:28:14 tickets are pretty cheap right now 01:28:15 cool, but I will not be going this year 01:28:39 prior arrangement for me 01:29:00 sorry to hear that 01:29:08 https://fedorahosted.org/famna/ticket/104 01:29:32 so far just ben and his wife, and me are going, we might have additional requests later if more people go 01:29:53 both Ben and I are planning on running a ham radio exam session again, and I am going to be coordinating a GPG Key Signing Party 01:30:00 and maybe CAcert assurances 01:30:25 Last year we approved $2500 01:31:10 we can start there and add more if possible, since there were four of us last year 01:31:49 Yeah, there might be more added to the budget than what is currently on the wiki, but so far we have one hotel room, my plane ticket, and the registrations 01:32:04 and a $500 sponsorship 01:32:31 hopefully we will have more people signing up 01:33:04 so $2500 should start the ball rolling, remember the RH folks usually show up too to help 01:33:21 yeah 01:33:43 * nb is obviously +1 but not sure if I can vote since I'm receiving funding out of it 01:34:09 +1 for $2500.00 for initial SELF 01:34:17 ParadoxGuitarist, Cydrobolt ping - proposal is to approve $2500 budget for SELF to start with, may ask for more later if needed 01:34:36 votes? 01:34:53 wrnash? 01:34:59 yes 01:35:15 we need a vote for SELF budget 01:35:16 +1 01:35:31 Cydrobolt? 01:36:01 +1 01:36:05 sounds good 01:36:23 #agreed $2500 for SELF budget 01:37:57 nb, please update note the budget is approved 01:38:08 ok 01:38:35 Sorry I'm +1 01:38:44 still packing for tomorrow 01:38:53 Everyone is multitasking 01:38:55 updated 01:38:56 heheh 01:39:38 I just updated ticket 104 to reflect as well 01:43:19 anything else for the group 01:43:48 not I 01:44:25 I do not have anything 01:45:27 everyone, thanks for attending see you all next week 01:45:37 see you next week 01:45:49 #endmeeting